Bottling machine



July 20, 1943} 'F. c HAMILTON BOTTLING MACHINE Original Filed March 4, 1939 JNVENTOR. FRANCIS C. HAMILTON flTTOF/VEY FIG.5.

9 which is shownr to'the'best advantage'in Fig. 5 of. each bottle pasiseseout of c ntap v wi th Included as parts of the bottling machine Ais 1 baffle itmoves lbeneaththe headflotfthejeapping a 'pair of vertically spaced g'uide'bars'I-I which I m echani smjin suoh"position tliaflthe ioap bgm are disposed adjacent to, and above the outerf edge of the conveyor 0- of the bottling m'achine, and a pair of similar ver'ticallyspaced guide bars w J which are disposedjadjacent to and 'abDVethe inner edge .of 'saidi conveyor Q1 of "the bottling machine. The function performed by the guide bars H and J is to prevnt accidental displace ment ofrbottles fronn the conveyor as said hottle I j V are moved by said conveyor. In order that a thebottlejis bo rolled the; ipper; inigth bottle partof the bottling machine A may performiits, r intended function to better. advantagea-guide,,.i nthe f'QpeiafiQns member I!) is provided; This guider n iemberl'is" eacl bott shapedin plan as shown in Fig.5and isattaciied at its opposite ends'to arms iljwhioh a cured, as shown in Fig; '2, to the anglefr'riefiiber 0b which formsa part of the conveyor of the bottlingmachine." The guide member le serves t v 7 1 11 5 fi i e rt ls e inn rs ttleis' 'in whic fluidgisbottledbythe bottlliig 394991 93? FP 1 v M l to force the bottles moving with .conveyoli C of; 1' V thefllfiottlingfmac ef towardthe guic eg barstjJj so that said bottlesfwill' suooess "ely engagethef" star wheellfl'attherloill" end -the shafl;ftifi.as r V nn'eriandifora purpose w'be hereinafter'setijorth.I E; 7 iInlthe operationofithei bottling maohineA the" bottles; to be filled? and 'fcappe'dfj by the machine eansio' and as each hbttle engages the star wheels and continues"itsflfmovementjwith the? conveyor oi the, machinethef star.wheei i S i TQ -I' tat'e'di a portion of a revolution; {This fr'otary 'movein'ent of the star-"wheel fiisl'transrnittedby; v V the "sha ftf8 to thesipper feeding'InechanismQio-j cate Within the housing l; with t eresult that? a sfipper is dischargedthrough laldischargejvopen v a I reen'int oiduced in ithe bottle's' as described r eration'ofthe' 'mac'hiiiewherefsyrup is introduced? is' fitroducd into the-gbott es", andthen t he mg in 'the bottom Wall of saidhousingifito t open mouth of thebo 1e whiohiijsinen'gagfe :witlil thefstar Wheei g9; 'After the singers said, bottles mov on tojjthe' unt-1n 'tiie; ape" into the hbbttlsj'ther'i no, thelpointf where tion bt'th e b tuing machine there isatend'e 'forjthe' sippersiin said bottles? to: float: upward thereimla'ndjif this ten'denfcy'were-not controlled Y'In View of thisflsituation 't bottlingimaoh A of the 'pr'e'sehtjnventionisfprovidedwvitl' j bafiie l2 which is in" the fofm of flatvgipiate curved as shown in. Fig. 3, :in aociordanojwith'I the sippers mightjin someoases:atleastfbe extended upwardly f oj suohleextent,jtiiatftheyi' would not pass'beneath theioapping' 7 h' ofthe bottling machin thefpathoftravel of th:: b supported by "brackets V Y b 1 a r cured at the upper e'ridsthfereo'f, 'eibrackets'be-f i'n'g fixed at their lowerends to astatm ryip'art of the machine; 'AsshoWn'in' and'A the battle l 2 has 7 an upwardly qurv'ed en'd' portionij l 4 whi'chisdi'sposed attne h rging'head' orma bottling machine andase ach bottle nassesjfrorh therein movesjinto engagement Said oharging' head the uppe .eiid fof the s'ipp er' 11 said curved r portion arid isf depressed the eby so that said -w wa e pper end of the 's'ipper may ride under the baffle"? "Q during itsmovernentffrorn the cha'rgirig head to the cap'piingfmeohanism Ffl'lhe baffle m termin atesiiiimediat'ely adjacent to'jth h'e a;dF ,7 a 'ism ani ms theisi n r, j: 

